Neha Patil (Editor)

Eucrostes

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Eucrostes

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Hemitheini, Boudinotiana puella

Eucrostes is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Contents

Description

Palpi reaching just beyond the frons and roughly scaled. Antennae of male bipectinated for two-thirds length. Hind tibia with one spur pair in both sexes. Fore wings with veins 3,4 from angle of cell and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7,8,9,10 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wings with frenulum absent. The outer margin rounded. Veins 3,4 and 6,7 stalked.

Species

  • Eucrostes astigmatica Prout L. B., 1916
  • Eucrostes beatificata (Walker, 1863)
  • Eucrostes disparata (Walker, 1861)
  • Eucrostes indigenata (Villers, 1789) (Mediterranean)
  • Eucrostes pygmaea Rebel, 1907
  • Eucrostes rhodophthalma Prout L. B., 1912
  • Eucrostes rufociliaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Eucrostes solivaga Herbulot, 1972

    • Former species

  • Eucrostes kafebera Swinhoe, 1894 (from India)

    • References

    Eucrostes Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA